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Holy Spirit movement of translocal unbranded believersWed, 20 Feb 2019 14:43:30 +0000en-UShourly1https://wordpress.org/?v=5.0.335427008If you died today, where would you go?http://maverickchristians.com/2018/08/15/if-you-died-today-where-would-you-go/
Wed, 15 Aug 2018 12:10:53 +0000http://maverickchristians.com/?p=11786The golf course does not get to be one of your choices.
Written by Theodore Wright.

Some people put off the issue of where they will spend eternity and think only of enjoying this life. Do they believe they can put off the decision until they are dead and then decide whether to go to Heaven or Hell? Sorry, but is does NOT work that way. This does not become a choice after death nor one that can be turned back from when you die. Neither can we, in this life, simply pick a destination of Heaven, instead of Hell, without pending conditions.

There is only one way to be saved to get to Heaven. You must place your complete and undivided trusting faith in God solely thorugh His Son Jesus Christ to save you and get to Heaven OR ELSE you will face the consequences of Hell. Do you like enjoying the mere pleasures of this life so carefree that you do not care where you will spend eternity? If you are going to make up your mind, do so before you die.

Let me point out that you do not know when you will die. Your decision whether or not to trust Jesus as your Savior is paramount. Jesus Christ is not just simply “fire insurance” to protect you. He is the way of life through whom you will live better. God will have rewards for us in Heaven as well. Jesus said…

I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly. – John 10:10b NKJV

As for the illustration, do you see the woman in the picture. The woman represents you in life. (Don’t get sassy, smart ass, or queer about this guys since this is only a drawing intended to demonstrate a point.) You have a choice whether to believe in Jesus and go to Heaven or to not make the decision to believe in Him and go to Hell. Jesus paid the price for our sins on the cross, shedding His blood, so we would not go to the penalty of Hell but to will be freely granted eternal life.

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. – Romans 6:23 NKJV

If you make no choice to trust Jesus to save you, indeed, you will be taking the path to Hell. There are some people who already know that Jesus Christ has given them the free gift of eternal life and the forgiveness of sins. They trust in Him for it and know they are going to Heaven due to the promises of God in Scripture such as…

Most assuredly, I say to you, he who hears My word and believes in Him who sent Me has everlasting life, and shall not come into judgment, but has passed from death into life. – John 5:24 NKJV

Most people are on the wrong path and are going to Hell. They do not believe or want to believe they are going there. These people may actually be flattering themselves to believe they are going to Heaven even when they do not believe the gospel of Jesus Christ to get there.

If you died today, NO! You would NOT get to go the golf course for another game. You’ve already had your last one. If you were at the golf course, that stroke you had would have been your last. Yet, right now you are reading this message to you. Therefore, be eager to repent, place your trusting faith in Jesus, and receive the gift of everlasting life with the pardon of all your sins. Heaven awaits!

Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation. – 2 Corinthians 6:2b NKJV

]]>11786God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life!http://maverickchristians.com/2014/10/19/god-loves-you-and-has-a-wonderful-plan-for-your-life/
Sun, 19 Oct 2014 22:46:18 +0000http://maverickchristians.com/?p=3857
There is a gospel tract that asks “Have you heard of the four Spiritual laws?” and begins by saying “God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life.”

Yes! It is true! God loves you and has a wonderful plan for your life if you are among God’s elect. If you are not among God’s elect, then His plan is, well, somewhat less than wonderful.

Now, if you don’t get what that means, then please try to understand. If you are not among God’s elect and you really wish to find out ahead of time about this, then just click here.

From a Heavenly standpoint it is all fixed about who is among the redeemed and who is among the damned.

However, here is the GOOD NEWS!

Since we ourselves have not read the Lamb’s Book of Life in Heaven, then from an Earthly perspective, we can still make the choice in this lifetime whether to believe and continue in the faith of Jesus Christ or not.

As it is written in Acts 16:31… Believe on the Lord Jesus Christ, and you will be saved.

It is your choice if you wish to partake in God’s wonderful plan of eternal life for you with Him in everlasting joy or not.

Is there anything more that you yet need to know before you make up your mind with the right choice to put real trusting faith in God’s Son Jesus Christ?

There is something you should be aware of, though. Jesus Christ Himself tells us in John 16:33…

“These things I have spoken to you, that in Me you may have peace.
In the world you will have tribulation; but be of good cheer, I have overcome the world.”

During the Apostle’s Paul earthly lifetime, he endured much tribulation.
Later, he was martyred. At the end of Paul’s life, he mentions the worst of it…

2 Timothy 3:10-15 (NKJV)

10 But you have carefully followed my doctrine, manner of life, purpose, faith, longsuffering, love, perseverance, 11 persecutions, afflictions, which happened to me at Antioch, at Iconium, at Lystra—what persecutions I endured. And out of them all the Lord delivered me. 12 Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution. 13 But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. 14 But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, 15 and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus.

]]>3857Don’t be fooledhttp://maverickchristians.com/2012/08/03/dont-be-fooled/
Fri, 03 Aug 2012 22:44:17 +0000http://maverickchristians.com/?p=2701If you believe the error that in order to be saved that you must…

do sacraments

perform penance

be water baptized

partake of holy communion

go through church confirmation

or do any deeds at all to merit salvation

…then you believe in a false “works-salvation gospel”
and you are NOT saved!

You cannot be saved by doing works to add to the work Jesus did on the cross to save you. Jesus did all the work to save you and any attempt to add to that is an insult to Him.

If you seek to do something to save yourself besides wholeheartedly believing in Jesus to save you, then you are seeking to become your own savior as another besides Jesus.

To be saved you must place your entire and undivided trusting faith in God solely through His Son Jesus Christ as your only Savior and source of salvation. If not, then He is not your Savior at all.

It is hopeless to divide your faith with self, church, other things or other people and expect that Jesus is truly the Savior in whom you trust. Therefore, abandon trust in all else and place your complete confident faith in God’s Son Jesus Christ to save you and to change your life.

]]>2701Principles you should know from the Hebrew Scriptureshttp://maverickchristians.com/2012/07/25/principles-hebrew-scriptures/
Wed, 25 Jul 2012 20:56:48 +0000http://maverickchristians.com/?p=26451. God alone is the source of a satisfying and worthwhile life.

Thou wilt make know to me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.
– Psalm 16:11

2. There is a barrier between God and us: Sin.

Behold the LORD’s hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither is his ear heavy, that it cannot hear; but your inquities have made a separation between you and your GOD, and your sins have hid his face from you, that he will not hear.
– Isaiah 59:1-2

3. Our good deeds won’t remove the barrier.

And we are all as one that is unclean, and our righteousness (good deeds) as filthy rags.
– Isaiah 64:6

4. God has provided atonement as a way of removing the barrier. Atonement demands blood.

For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the alter to make atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that makes that makes an atonement for the soul.
– Leviticus 17:11

6. The fifty-third chapter of Isaiah identifies this sacrifice as a man who was rejected by his people, yet whose death provided the ultimate atonement.

…he was despised, and we esteemed him not… But he was wounded because of our transgressions, bruised because of our iniquities; his sufferings were that we might have peace and by his injury we are healed…but he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
– Isaiah 53:3b,5,12b

7. At least 48 specific prophecies further identify the Messianic figure, all of which have been fulfilled in Yeshua (Jesus) of Nazareth.

• He would be a descendent of King David (Jeremiah 23:5-6)
• The city of his birth would be Bethlehem (Micah 5:1-2)
• He would have a divine nature (Isaiah 9:5-6)
• He would come before the destruction of Herod’s temple in 70 C.E. (Daniel 9:26)
• He would be be executed by crucifixion (Psalm 22:14-17)
• He would rise from the dead (Isaiah 53:10)
• He would return with the evidence of having been mortally wounded (Zechariah 12:10)

8. God has provided perfect atonement (forgiveness of sins) through the sacrifice of the Messiah, Yeshua (Jesus). All who place their trust in Him have restored fellowship with God and assurance of eternal life.

Blessed are all they who take refuge in him. – Psalm 2:12

But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name…
– John 1:12 (New Covenant)

]]>2645How to get to Heaven without tryinghttp://maverickchristians.com/2012/07/20/how-to-get-to-heaven-without-trying/
Fri, 20 Jul 2012 15:43:00 +0000http://maverickchristians.com/?p=2568You can try your hardest and with all your effort and might, doing all manner of works, acts of obedience, and religious devotions. Still, it will not be enough. Even conscience will show through feelings that it is all insufficent, unsatisfactory, and empty. There is no work we can do to guarantee ourselves Heaven. It will only be flattering ourselves to think that anything we can do will get us to Heaven at all. Our works, in fact, no matter how much or what quality we esteem them, will never get us to Heaven.

Then what becomes of our boasting? It is excluded. On what principle? On the principle of works? No, but on the principle of faith.
For we hold that a man is justified by faith apart from works of law.
– Romans 3:27-28 (RSV)

However, there is hope! The good news is that the way to Heaven is not by works at all but through the work of God’s Son Jesus. He was sinless and shed His blood to pay the full penalty for our sins. Moreover, He rose from the dead as proof of the new life we find in Him.

the blood of Jesus his Son cleanses us from all sin.
– 1 John 1:7b (RSV)

The gift of eternal life is free with no added shipping or handling charges.

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
– Romans 6:23 (RSV)

We receive this gift, not by works, but by faith solely in God’s Son Jesus who did all the work to save us.

Now to one who works, his wages are not reckoned as a gift but as his due.
And to one who does not work but trusts him who justifies the ungodly,
his faith is reckoned as righteousness.
– Romans 4:4-5 (RSV)

By faith, we are adopted by God and made Heavenly citizens.

But our citizenship is in heaven. And we eagerly await a Savior from there,
the Lord Jesus Christ,
who, by the power that enables him to bring everything under his control,
will transform our lowly bodies so that they will be like his glorious body.
-Philippians 3:20-21 (NIV)

But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us. Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.
– Romans 5:8-9 (KJV)

Fullness of joy

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
– Psalm 16:11 (KJV)

Eternal life

Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
– John 11:25 (KJV)

Reunion beyond the grave

And I say unto you, That many shall come from the east and west, and shall sit down with Abraham, and Isaac, and Jacob, in the kingdom of heaven.
– Matthew 8:11 (KJV)

Peace with God

Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:
– Romans 5:1 (KJV)

Faith not in vain

And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
– 1 Corinthinans 15:17 & 20 (KJV)

The power of God to be saved from sin is provided freely, already paid for by the blood of Jesus Christ!
This free gift of eternal life is received by placing personal trusting faith solely in God’s Son Jesus Christ.

The free gift of salvation as desribed from 11 chapters of the Epistle of Paul the Apostle to the Romans from the Holy Bible…

1st chapterI am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God for the salvation of everyone who believes:
– Romans 1:16a (NIV)

2nd chapterOr do you show contempt for the riches of his kindness, tolerance and patience, not realizing that God’s kindness leads you toward repentance?
– Romans 2:4 (NIV)

3rd chapterfor all have sinned and fall short of the glory of God, and are justified freely by his grace through the redemption that came by Christ Jesus. God presented him as a sacrifice of atonement, through faith in his blood. He did this to demonstrate his justice, because in his forbearance he had left the sins committed beforehand unpunished–
– Romans 3:23-25 (NIV)

4th chapterNow when a man works, his wages are not credited to him as a gift, but as an obligation. However, to the man who does not work but trusts God who justifies the wicked, his faith is credited as righteousness.
– Romans 4:4-5 (NIV)

5th chapterTherefore, since we have been justified through faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have gained access by faith into this grace in which we now stand. And we rejoice in the hope of the glory of God.
– Romans 5:1-2 (NIV)

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us. Since we have now been justified by his blood, how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath through him!
– Romans 5:8-9 (NIV)

6th chapterFor sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
– Romans 6:14 (NIV)

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
– Romans 6:23 (NIV)

7th chapterSo, my brothers, you also died to the law through the body of Christ, that you might belong to another, to him who was raised from the dead, in order that we might bear fruit to God.
– Romans 7:4 (NIV)

8th chapterTherefore, there is now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus, because through Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set me free from the law of sin and death.
– Romans 8:1-2 (NIV)

9th chapter– in order that God’s purpose in election might stand: not by works but by him who calls –
– Romans 9:11b-12a (NIV)

It does not, therefore, depend on man’s desire or effort, but on God’s mercy.
– Romans 9:16 (NIV)

10th chapterThat if you confess with your mouth, “Jesus is Lord,” and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved.
– Romans 10:9-10 (NIV)

for, “Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.”
– Romans 10:13 (NIV)

11th chapterSo too, at the present time there is a remnant chosen by grace. And if by grace, then it is no longer by works; if it were, grace would no longer be grace.
– Romans 11:5-6 (NIV)

Remember, you cannot earn, work for, pay for or merit this free gift because it is freely given through God’s grace. Grace is the unmerited favor and mercy of God given freely to us.

KNOW THIS:For it is by grace you have been saved, through faith– and this not from yourselves, it is the gift of God–
– Ephesians 2:8 (NIV)

BUT ALSO KNOW THIS:Those who cling to worthless idols forfeit the grace that could be theirs.
– Jonah 2:8 (NIV)

ACCEPT JESUS, FOREVER FORGIVEN

]]>1825Jesus is the Water of Lifehttp://maverickchristians.com/2012/06/09/jesus-is-the-water-of-life/
Sat, 09 Jun 2012 17:46:13 +0000http://maverickchristians.com/?p=1634ALL CAN OBTAINAnd the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come. And whosoever will, let him take the water of life freely. – Revelation 22:17 (KJV)

SATISFIES THE SOULBut whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life. – John 4:14 (KJV)

IS FREEHo, every one that thirsteth, come ye to the waters, and he that hath no money; come ye, buy, and eat; yea, come, buy wine and milk without money and without price. – Isaiah 55:1 (KJV)

POOR JUDGMENT TO REJECTFor my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water. – Jeremiah 2:13 (KJV)

UNLIMITED SUPPLYAnd the Lord shall guide thee continually, and satisfy thy soul in drought, and make fat thy bones: and thou shalt be like a watered garden, and like a spring of water, whose waters fail not. – Isaiah 58:11 (KJV)

GOD LEADS TO THE WATERSFor the Lord thy God bringeth thee into a good land, a land of brooks of water, of fountains and depths that spring out of valleys and hills; – Deuteronomy 8:7 (KJV)

Be ye also patient; stablish your hearts:
for the coming of the Lord draweth nigh.
– James 5:8 (KJV)

THE LORD JESUS IS REALLY COMING BACK AGAIN!

This same Jesus, which is taken up from you into heaven, shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven.
– Acts 1:11b (KJV)

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God:
– 1 Thessalonians 4:16a (KJV)

CHRIST’S SECOND COMING WILL BE SUDDEN AND UNEXPECTED.

For yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so cometh as a thief in the night.
– 1 Thessalonians 5:2 (KJV)

Therefore be ye also ready: for in such an hour as ye think not the Son of man cometh.
– Matthew 24:44 (KJV)

In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
– 1 Corinthians 15:52 (KJV)

THIS IS WHAT THE EARTH WILL BE LIKE AS HIS COMING APPROACHES…

Expect wars, famines, pestilences and earthquakes.

For nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: and there shall be famines, and pestilences, and earthquakes, in divers places.
– Matthew 24:7 (KJV)

Expect world-wide distress.

And there shall be signs in the sun, and in the moon, and in the stars; and upon the earth distress of nations, with perplexity; the sea and the waves roaring;
– Luke 21:25 (KJV)

Expect increase in knowledge and invention.

But thou, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.
– Daniel 12:4 (KJV)

Expect disbelief in Christ’s second coming.

Knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers, walking after their own lusts, And saying, Where is the promise of his coming? for since the fathers fell asleep, all things continue as they were from the beginning of the creation.
– 2 Peter 3:3-4 (KJV)

For as in the days that were before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day that Noe entered into the ark, And knew not until the flood came, and took them all away; so shall also the coming of the Son of man be.
– Matthew 24:38-39 (KJV)

THIS IS WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN THE LORD JESUS DOES COME…

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet the Lord in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Lord.
– 1 Thessalonians 4:16-17 (KJV)

Those that are left on the earth will face terrible judgment and punishment.

And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not God, and that obey not the gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ:
– 2 Thessalonians 1:7-8 (KJV)

HEAR GOD’S WORD AND BELIEVE GOD SENT JESUS…

Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that heareth my word, and believeth on him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.
– John 5:24 (KJV)

Come unto Him.

Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.
– Matthew 11:28 (KJV)

Receive Him.

But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become the sons of God, even to them that believe on his name:
– John 1:12 (KJV)

Turn from sin by repenting.

And saying, Repent ye: for the kingdom of heaven is at hand.
– Matthew 3:2 (KJV)

]]>1613There is no time for delayhttp://maverickchristians.com/2012/06/05/no-time-for-delay/
Tue, 05 Jun 2012 12:47:19 +0000http://maverickchristians.com/?p=1453

The time is short.But this I say, brethren, the time is short, … For the form of this world is passing away.
– 1 Corinthians 7:29a, 31b (NKJV)

Tomorrow is uncertain.Do not boast about tomorrow, For you do not know what a day may bring forth.
– Proverbs 27:1 (NKJV)

No escape if we neglect.how shall we escape if we neglect so great a salvation, which at the first began to be spoken by the Lord, and was confirmed to us by those who heard Him,
– Hebrews 2:3 (NKJV)

What will delay profit?For what will it profit a man if he gains the whole world, and loses his own soul? Or what will a man give in exchange for his soul?
– Mark 8:36-37 (NKJV)

God’s Spirit will not always strive.And the LORD said, “My Spirit shall not strive with man forever, for he is indeed flesh;…”
– Genesis 6:3a (NKJV)

Better not harden your heart.For we have become partakers of Christ if we hold the beginning of our confidence steadfast to the end, while it is said: “Today, if you will hear His voice, Do not harden your hearts as in the rebellion.”
– Hebrews 3:14-15 (NKJV)

We then, as workers together with Him also plead with you
not to receive the grace of God in vain. For He says:

“In an acceptable time I have heard you,And in the day of salvation I have helped you.”

Behold, now is the accepted time; behold, now is the day of salvation.
-2 Corinthians 6:1-2 (NKJV)